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  • Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice (2016)
    Review preview for Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice

    Like a mutant monster, barreling out of control and straining to contain its own shifting form.

    Anton Bitel · 3.5 out of 5
    The Caped Crusader takes on Superman, leading Lex Luthor to capitalise on the situation.
  • The Big Sick (2017)
    Review preview for The Big Sick

    Each of the characters here, presumably because they are rooted in truth, is given room to breathe and shows an ability to be changed by circumstance.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    A couple struggle to maintain their culture-clash relationship... and then one of them falls ill.
  • The Big White (2005)
    Review preview for The Big White

    The main problem lies with predictability and a fundamental lack of originality.

    David Stanners · 3 out of 5
    Black comedy set in Alaska revolving around a death, a cover up, a swindle and a vendetta.
  • Crash (1996)
    Review preview for Crash

    Certainly not a film for the masses.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    After being caught up in a violent crash, a quiet man with a struggling marriage discovers a cult of car crash sex fetishists.
  • Incredibles 2 (2018)
    Review preview for Incredibles 2

    When Pixar are good, they are very very good, and this is.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    The animated super family take on a new villain - The Screenslaver.
  • The Incredibles (2004)
    Review preview for The Incredibles

    The best film of 2004 - and the best superhero movie ever!

    Scott Macdonald · 5 out of 5
    The family life of superheroes, living incognito in the 'burbs, while saving the city from destruction.
  • Jesus' Son (1999)
    Review preview for Jesus' Son

    What makes Jesus' Son uniquely different from the neo-realistic traditions of waste and degradation movies is its ability to avoid cliché, as well as its skewed, end-of-the-line humour.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A junkie drifter's tale.
  • Living Out Loud (1998)
    Review preview for Living Out Loud

    They say this is based on a couple of Chekhov's shorter prose works. If so, everything was lost in translation.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    An abandoned NYC wife, tries to rebuild her life.
  • A Life Less Ordinary (1997)
    Review preview for A Life Less Ordinary

    While both McGregor and Diaz are watchable enough as a likeable loser and a redemptive bitch, there's never any sense that they're 'made for each other'.

    Stephen Carty · 1.5 out of 5
    A sacked caretaker takes his bosses daughter hostage... but two fallen angels are determined to make the pair fall in love.
  • Manglehorn (2014)
    Review preview for Manglehorn

    Logan's writing fails to match Pacino's restraint, while Green's direction seems - like his central character - to be filled with a longing for more, yet being held back from going there.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    Tale of a locksmith who can't come to terms with losing the love of his life.
  • Moonlight Mile (2002)
    Review preview for Moonlight Mile

    It moves at a respectful speed, slower than a teardrop.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    Aftermath of a murder as parents and fiance come to terms with their loss and the future. Out to own on October 2 as part of The Jake Gyllenhaal Collection box set.
  • O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
    Review preview for O Brother, Where Art Thou?

    Comic invention rides shotgun on a screenplay that runs wild.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Chain gang escapees in Deep South emulate a comic Odyssey.
  • The Piano (1993)
    Review preview for The Piano

    Hunter delivers a riveting central performance, her silence speaking for a myriad women whose stories have been overlooked by history.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A mute woman in an arranged marriage makes a dangerous bargain in an attempt to retrieve her stranded piano.
  • Raising Arizona (1987)
    Review preview for Raising Arizona

    Too many events in Raising Arizona are so ludicrous and out of place that they contradict the requirements of almost any genre.

    Gator MacReady · 2.5 out of 5
    It's downhill all the way after a couple steal a kid.
  • Song To Song (2017)
    Review preview for Song To Song

    Some films need to be watched alone. This is one of them.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    Modern love story set against the backdrop of the Austin music scene.
  • Things You Can Tell Just By Looking At Her (1999)
    Review preview for Things You Can Tell Just By Looking At Her

    Every frame is exquisitely constructed, every breath measured.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Disparate lives of five Californan women in search of something else.
  • Thirteen (2003)
    Review preview for Thirteen

    This is acting on the bare edge of brilliance.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    Californian single mom suffers the destructive excess of a teenage daughter.
  • Timecode 2000 (2000)
    Review preview for Timecode 2000

    Within the confines of this technically complex idea, Figgis has created a work of considerable artistic merit.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Experimental film, using split-screen to tell its story about the day in the life of Hollywood folk.

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